The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-08-25
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''Oh, yes you say. 81 saw my father
and mother depart. There was a great
difference in their death beds. Standing
| by the one we felt more veneration. Bv
the other. there WIS more tenderness. -
| Before the one, you bowed perhaps in
awe. In the other case, you felt as if
you would like to so along with her.
| How did they feel in that last hour?
| How did they seem to act? Were they
very much frightened? Did they take
| hold Of this world with both hands as
though they did not want to give it up?
''Oh, no, you say; 'sno, / remember as
though it were yesterday; she had kind
word for Us all, and there were a few
mementoes distributed among the chill
dren, and then she told us how kind we
must be to our father i'll his loneliness,
end then she kissed us goodby and went
asleep as child in cradle.'
What made her 50 composed? Natural
courage? "..No, you say, s.lnother was
very neryoua, When the carriage inclined
to the side of the road, she would cry
out; Sue was always rather weakly. -
What, then, gave her composure? Was
it because she did not care much for you.
and the pang of parting was not great?
''Oh, you say, ''she slIowered upon us
q wealth of affection; no mother ever
loved her children more than mother
| loved Us; she showed it by the way she
nur5cd us when we were sick, and she
toiled for us until her strength gave out. -
! What, then. was it that gave her COM
postlre in the last hour? Do not hide it.
Be frank and let me know. ooh. you
say, lit was because she was so good;
she made the Lord her portion, and she
had faith that she would go straight to
glory, and that we should ell meet her at
last at the foot Of the throne.
Here gre people who say; 81 saw a
Christian brother die, and he triumphed. -
And some one else: 81 saw Christian
sister die, and she triulnphed." Some
one else will say: II saw a Christian
daughter die, and she triumphed. "
Come, all ye who have seen the last
moments of Christian, and give testi-
n1ony in this cause on trial. Uncover
your heads, put your hand on the old
family Bible, FROM which they used to
read the promises, and promise in the
presence of high heaven that you viii tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
bat the truth. With what you have
seen with your own eyes, and from what
you have heard with your own ears, is
there power In this Gospel to give calm
ness and triumph IN the last exigency:
The response comes from ali sides, from
young and old and middle aged: "We
are witnessesi'
/ You see, my friends, I have not put
before you an abstraction, or chimera,
or anything like guess work. present
you affidavits Of the best men and women,
living and dead. Two witnesses in court
win establish q fact, Here are not two
witnesses, but thousands of witnesses-
on earth millions of witnesses, and in
heaven great multitude of witnesses
that no man can number, testifying that
there IS power in this religion to convert
the soul, to give comfort in trouble, and
to afford conlpostTe in the last hour.
IF ten men should come to you when
you e'e sick with appalling sickness, and
say they had the same sickness, and took
a certain medicine, and it cured them,
you would probably take it. Now, sup.
pose ten other men should come up and
say HWe don't believe there is anything
in that medicine. "Well," I say,
'have you ever tried it?''
"No. I never tried it, but I don't be,
lieve there is anything in it, Of course
you discredit their testimony. The
skeptic may come and say: ''There is Nc
power in your religion.u e'Have you
ever tried it?'' ''No, no. ''I'her
avauntl' Let me take the testimony oi
the millions of souls that have been con.
vertcd TO God and comforted in trial ant
solaced IN the last hour. We will taxi
their testimony ns they cry: 1--WE arr
witnesses!''
Some time ago Professor Henry, O.
Washington, discovered new star anC
the tidings sped by submarine telegraph
and all the observatories of Europe wer;
watching for that new star. Oh, hearer
looking out through the darkness of thl
soul, canst thou see bright light beam
ing on thee? ''Where?' you say, t.where
How can find it?' Look along by thu
line Of the cross of the Son of God. d,
you not see it trembling with all tender
ness and beaming with all hope? 1t i
the Star Of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitals frcze;
Death struck ceased the ii de 70 stem,
When sl.hleny star arose
1t waa the Star of Bethlehem.
Oh, heareF, get your eye on it. It
easier for yots now 20 become Christian
than it is to stay away from Christ ans
heaven. When Nine. Sontag begal
her musical career she was hissed off th
stage at Vienna by the friends of he
,val .;c. eli. .c;;...;iger, Who had alread
begun to decline through her dissipation
Years passed on, and one day Mime
Sontas, in her glory, was riding through
the streets of Berlin, when she saw a lit
tie child leading blind woman, and sh
said: Come here, my little child; com
here. Who IS that you are leading b,
the hand?' And the little child replied
, That S my mother; that's Amelia Stein
niger. She used to be great singer, bu
she lost her voice, and she cried SO mucl
about it that she lost her eyesight.
.'Give my love to her," said Nine
, Sontag, land tell her an old acquaintanc
will call on her this afternoon.
:. The next week in Berlin a vast assem-
blage gathered at a benefit for that poo
blind woman, and it was said that Nine
: Sontag sang that night as she had neve
: sung before. And she took a skilled ocu
5 list, who in vain tried to give eyesight t
( the poor blind woman. Until the day c
l Amelia Steininger's death Nine. Soi.ta
: took care of her, and her daughter afte
2 her. That was what the queen of son
did for her enemy.
But, oh, hear more thrilling stor
D still. Blind, immortal, poor and los
, thou who, when the world and Chrii
e were rivals for thy heart, didst hiss th
Lord away-ChrisU comes now to civ
thee sight, to give thee a home, to giy
! thee heaven. With more than Sontag
e generosity he comes now to meet yor
n need. With more than Sontag's mus
he comes to plead for thy deliverance.
e 1t is said that all the elements of Il
n pattlesnake's poison are to be found
o the common Irish potato.
!, 1t il hard to estimate the exact value
g What one does ones self.-Cirls1lan Rel